Conduent (CNDT) Competitors

Conduent (NASDAQ:CNDT) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is CNDT or ACCD more profitable?

Conduent has a net margin of -7.95% compared to Accolade's net margin of -31.59%. Conduent's return on equity of 0.00% beat Accolade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduent	-7.95%	N/A	N/A
Accolade	-31.59%	-27.27%	-14.36%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CNDT or ACCD?

Conduent has higher revenue and earnings than Accolade. Accolade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conduent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conduent	$3.72B	0.17	-$296M	-$1.40	-2.16
Accolade	$363.14M	1.95	-$459.65M	-$1.65	-5.56

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNDT or ACCD?

Accolade received 75 more outperform votes than Conduent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote while only 28.26% of users gave Conduent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conduent	Outperform Votes 13 28.26%	Underperform Votes 33 71.74%
Accolade	Outperform Votes 88 57.89%	Underperform Votes 64 42.11%

Does the media refer more to CNDT or ACCD?

In the previous week, Accolade had 5 more articles in the media than Conduent. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Accolade and 2 mentions for Conduent. Conduent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Accolade's score of -0.23 indicating that Conduent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conduent	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Accolade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CNDT or ACCD?

Conduent has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CNDT or ACCD?

77.3% of Conduent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Conduent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CNDT or ACCD?

Conduent presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 198.01%. Accolade has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 70.85%. Given Conduent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Conduent is more favorable than Accolade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conduent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Accolade	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Conduent beats Accolade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.